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厄介

厄介

Japanese

Kanji in this term
やく > やっ
Grade: S
かい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

厄介 (-na inflection, hiragana やっかい, romaji yakkai)

  1. burdensome
  2. dependent
    • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan:
      どうせ (あに)厄介 (やっかい)になる ()はない。
      Dōse ani no yakkai ni naru ki wa nai.
      I had no intention of depending upon him anyway.

Inflection

Noun

厄介 (hiragana やっかい, romaji yakkai)

  1. trouble, burden